Section 175/157: Safeguarding Self-Assessment 2025/26

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1. Introduction
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Welcome to the Section 175/157 Safeguarding Self-Assessment tool from Lancashire Safeguarding Business Unit with supportive input from the LCC Safeguarding in Education Team.

This tool supports education settings to assess themselves against the safeguarding requirements expected of them according to legislation.

Role and responsibilities:

Education settings: To complete the assessment by self-evaluation. This is submitted to Lancashire CSAP Business Unit and the setting can use the completed assessment to support an action plan to improve safeguarding activity in their setting.

Lancashire County Council: To support in the analysis of the completed S175 returns and to support any schools who are at risk of not fulfilling their safeguarding obligations.

CSAP Business Unit: To manage the survey, collect the returns and support analysis of the S175/157 returns.

CSAP Education Subgroup: To support the planning of actions from the analysis of the S175/157 returns, monitor progress of the actions from the plan and report progress back to CSAP Board.

Please complete this tool in full.

If you have any questions or queries please contact lsbu@lancashire.gov.uk

The deadline for completion is Friday November 21st 2025.

About Your Setting: Required Information

1. Full School Name
[Example: St John's Village Primary School, Leyland] *

2. Full DfE Number:
Note: Your DfE number will look similar to this: 888/9876 (please include BOTH the LA Identifier AND School Code).
Useful Tip: If not known, your setting's DfE number can be found by searching here: HM Govt service - Get Information About Schools *

3. What type of school are you?
[Choose the closest option that best reflects your setting] *

5. Please provide a school contact e-mail address (e.g. office@myschool.sch.uk)
[The e-mail address supplied MUST be a school e-mail account (non-school e-mail addresses are not acceptable)] *

6. School Telephone contact number:
[The contact number provided will be used in the event of follow-up enquiries relating to your self-assessment completion] *

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1. Full School Name
[Example: St John's Village Primary School, Leyland] *

2. Full DfE Number:
Note: Your DfE number will look similar to this: 888/9876 (please include BOTH the LA Identifier AND School Code).
Useful Tip: If not known, your setting's DfE number can be found by searching here: HM Govt service - Get Information About Schools *

3. What type of school are you?
[Choose the closest option that best reflects your setting] *

5. Please provide a school contact e-mail address (e.g. office@myschool.sch.uk)
[The e-mail address supplied MUST be a school e-mail account (non-school e-mail addresses are not acceptable)] *

6. School Telephone contact number:
[The contact number provided will be used in the event of follow-up enquiries relating to your self-assessment completion] *

7. School Website Address: *

8. Headteacher / Principal (name): *

9. Lead Safeguarding Governor / Trustee (name): *

10. Designated Safeguarding Lead/s (name): *

11. Pupil / Student NOR:
[Number On Roll relates to the current academic year] *

12. FTE Staff Employed:
[Full Time Equivalent relates to the current academic year] *

Section 175/157: Safeguarding Self-Assessment 2025/26

1. IntroductionPage 1 of 6

1. Full School Name [Example: St John's Village Primary School, Leyland] *

2. Full DfE Number: Note: Your DfE number will look similar to this: 888/9876 (please include BOTH the LA Identifier AND School Code). Useful Tip: If not known, your setting's DfE number can be found by searching here: HM Govt service - Get Information About Schools *

3. What type of school are you? [Choose the closest option that best reflects your setting] *

4. In which District is your setting? [Choose the closest option that best reflects your setting] *

5. Please provide a school contact e-mail address (e.g. office@myschool.sch.uk) [The e-mail address supplied MUST be a school e-mail account (non-school e-mail addresses are not acceptable)] *

6. School Telephone contact number: [The contact number provided will be used in the event of follow-up enquiries relating to your self-assessment completion] *

7. School Website Address: *

8. Headteacher / Principal (name): *

9. Lead Safeguarding Governor / Trustee (name): *

10. Designated Safeguarding Lead/s (name): *

11. Pupil / Student NOR: [Number On Roll relates to the current academic year] *

12. FTE Staff Employed: [Full Time Equivalent relates to the current academic year] *

1. Introduction
Page 1 of 6

1. Full School Name
[Example: St John's Village Primary School, Leyland] *

2. Full DfE Number:
Note: Your DfE number will look similar to this: 888/9876 (please include BOTH the LA Identifier AND School Code).
Useful Tip: If not known, your setting's DfE number can be found by searching here: HM Govt service - Get Information About Schools *

3. What type of school are you?
[Choose the closest option that best reflects your setting] *

4. In which District is your setting?
[Choose the closest option that best reflects your setting] *

5. Please provide a school contact e-mail address (e.g. office@myschool.sch.uk)
[The e-mail address supplied MUST be a school e-mail account (non-school e-mail addresses are not acceptable)] *

6. School Telephone contact number:
[The contact number provided will be used in the event of follow-up enquiries relating to your self-assessment completion] *

11. Pupil / Student NOR:
[Number On Roll relates to the current academic year] *

12. FTE Staff Employed:
[Full Time Equivalent relates to the current academic year] *